New Holland is first OEM to go whole hog into B20
New Holland, manufacturer of large-scale agricultural and construction equipment, is the first American original equipment manufacturer to "announce full support of the use of 20 percent biodiesel (B20) in all the diesel engines that it produces", according to a release on Renewable Energy Access. With a lot of local governments mandating all fuel sold in the localities contain a minimum of 2 or 5 percent biofuel starting now or in the next few years, New Holland is positioning itself quite well to be able to provide machinery that works smoothly with these fuels. The National Biodiesel Board worked with New Holland to make the entire line of diesel engines B20 compatible, and has been working for many years with other engine manufacturers to achieve the same goal with them.
[Source: Renewable Energy Access]
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Timon 3:46AM (5/29/2006)
The company is to be applauded for its biodiesel efforts, but it is important that all its products still be able to run on pure diesel, and other equivalent fuels. The problem with biodiesel will always be its cost, which will remain high due to the low yield of its feedstock. Rapeseed only provides 102 gallons of biodiesel per acre, while switchgrass can provide up to 1500 gallons of ethanol per acre. That math will always keep the price of biodiesel higher than that of other competing fuels.
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